No need for speed? Authorities to catch speedsters easier in Hungary

Almost half of the Hungarian drivers are speedsters according to their account – based on a report. Meanwhile, in 2019 September, 60 people died on the roads in accidents. Thus, it is crucial to reduce the number of speedsters, and it seems that Hungary would like to do that by measuring average instead of spot speed.

Zsolt Sándor, a traffic engineer, said that the legal background for that is already at hand – infostart.hu reported. He added that, in Hungary, spot speed measuring is the traditional way of detection; however, many criticise this way of control.

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Mr Sándor highlighted that the Hungarian society thinks that the current spot speed measuring system does not sanction the speedsters fairly since it only monitors their speed at a given spot and moment. In contrast, the average speed measuring system calculates a vehicle’s speed by measuring how long it takes for it to get from one place to another.

Many think that it is a more fair system

because it sanctions a continuous rule-breaking attitude and proves that the driver travelled faster during a longer segment of the road than only at a given spot. Furthermore, nobody can hack the system. It does not help if somebody slows down around the checkpoints since the only data relevant is the period he drove through a given distance.